UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Quick (I hope) question;

Since I am not seeing the consultant for two months, its occurred to me that if anything goes wrong that I will need to make a trip to the Eye A&E, anyway I am curious to know:

What are the obvious signs of transplanted cornea rejection?

Yes I know I should have asked the consultant but this has only just occurred to me.

Cheers

Paul

to quote

"There are four signs of rejection that can be remembered by the mnemonic RSVP: redness, sensitivity to light, decreased vision, or pain. Any of these four symptoms, experienced after the initial healing period, should be reported to your ophthalmologist immediately."

jay,

Thanks for that. Even I have a chance of remembering it.

Any idea what "the initial healing period" is?

It sounds like one of those vague unquantifiable periods of time.

I can tell you so much, Paul, that my surgeon told me when I saw him post-Easter and everything was ok, that I shouldn´t really listen to horror-stories on message boards. The cornea, he said, is a though part of the body, and normally one should not worry. I try to follow his advice.

Good advice, Per!

My only comment on Jayuk's post though is the "V". Rather than just decreased vision (though in my experience it is), I understand the "V" in RSVP to be "Vision Change". If your vision is suddenly different to how it was yesterday... time for a trip to A&E

Thanks chaps.

RSVP I can remember.

As for everything else:

<paul sticks fingers in ears>
lalalalalala I am not listening

Paul, may I also add to the list of symptoms cloudiness

Louise,

No - you may not!



Paul

Louise...wouldnt cloudiness come under vision or decreased vision?

Perhaps Louise is talking about cloudiness of the brain